TERWICK
Terwick is a small parish of 783 acres, bounded on
the west by Rogate and on the other three sides by
Trotton. The River Rother forms the southern boundary, and on it is Terwick Mill, the water-mill at
Terwick mentioned in 1635 as belonging, with
Trotton manor, to Constance Glemham. (fn. 1)
By Local Government Board Order a detached part
of Woolavington was annexed to the parish in 1879
and a detached part of the parish was annexed to
Chithurst. Under an Act of 1858 (Award, 1861) 107
acres were inclosed. (fn. 2)
The northern part of the parish is well wooded, containing Terwick Common and the park of Dangstein
House, the property of Walter Quennell, esq., with
fine timber. The present house was built in 1933, and
replaced an early-19th-century building, completely
gone except for some of the basement, including a
circular inclosure west of the house, now used as garden
walling. Lady Dorothy Nevill bought the property
c. 1850, and made the gardens famous. 'Lady
Dorothy's Walk' can be seen, also the aviary and school
she built in 1861.
Dangstein Farm has a rough-cast south front and
Georgian sashes, probably the period of the north wing
dated 1753, with initials C/RA; the main building
however, seems to be a house built c. 1600, of four bays
with two central stacks and a projection, probably a
porch originally. There is a cellar under the easternmost bay, and wide baulks remain in the first floor and
attic. Georgian doors lead into the north wing and
have slanting heads to fit into disguised timber-framing.
The north wall now shows stone with brick dressings,
and the present fire-places and chimneys are modern.
The Dower House is on the north side of the Petersfield road, near the entrance to Dangstein Farm. It
shows 18th-or early-19th-century features, but the
fabric may be older. The cemented south front has a
columned veranda, and there is a Georgian door-hood
on the north side. The stables are of stone with brick
dressings, and are dated 1726, 1839, and 1932.
Mill's Farm, farther east, in a lane off the same side
of the road, is an early-17th-century house of three bays
with an outshot on the north. Later a bay was added
on the west and part of the outshot raised to tile-hung
gables. The roofs are tiled, and the central stack has a
repaired top. The south front is refaced with sandstone
and brick dressings, but the timber-framing is exposed
on the north and east with square panels filled with
stone or brick. The interior shows timber-framing,
stop-chamfered beams, and wide fire-place s having
brick jambs and chamfered lintels. West of the house
are thatched farm-buildings, weather-boarded on a
stone base.
Wakeham Farm lies in a lane off the south side of
the main Petersfield road. The house dates from the
early 17th century, and has a central stack, wide fire-places, and stop-chamfered beams, and an original door
with strap-hinges.
MANOR
TERWICK in early times formed part
of the manor of Treyford, (fn. 3) and it was still
held of that manor in 1614. (fn. 4) It probably
became separated from Treyford in the time of Henry
III when Robert de Vilers gave all his possessions in
Terwick, together with the advowson of the church, to
Robert de Rogate. (fn. 5) In 1271 Robert obtained a grant
of free warren at Terwick, (fn. 6) and in 1278 he settled the
manor upon himself and his wife Mary and his heirs. (fn. 7)
Robert's son Robert, Constable of the Peace in Dumpford Hundred, was killed in 1310 by William de
Horneby. (fn. 8) He left no children, and Mary, who is elsewhere called Mary Taylecortays, appears to have outlived Robert her husband, and on her death the manor
passed to her son Edmund de Rogate. (fn. 9) In 1311 William
de Rogate disputed Edmund's claim, but a jury decided
in Edmund's favour. (fn. 10) In the same year Nicholas de
Vilers of Treyford unsuccessfully claimed the advowson
against Edmund. (fn. 11)
From Edmund the manor descended to his sister
Isabel, whose son, William de Brembelschete or Bramshott, was in possession of the manor in 1338. (fn. 12) The
Bramshotts were a Hampshire
family, and William appears to
have been succeeded between
1346 and 1367 by John de
Bramshott, and he, before 1428,
by another William. (fn. 13) John de
Bramshott, who succeeded before 1451, married Katherine
daughter of Sir John Pelham
about 1444, and Terwick manor
formed part of her marriage
settlement. (fn. 14) John Bramshott
left two daughters, Elizabeth
wife of John Dudley and Margaret wife of John Pakenham, and Terwick appears to
have passed to Margaret. She died in 1485, (fn. 15) and
Terwick passed to her son Edmund. (fn. 16) He was
knighted, and died before November 1528, when on a
partition of his estate Terwick manor was assigned to
his daughter Elizabeth wife of Edmund Mervyn. (fn. 17)
Elizabeth and her husband still held the manor in
1550, (fn. 18) but it had passed before 1556 to their son
Henry Mervyn. He sold it in that year to Peter Bettesworth of Fyning, (fn. 19) who had married Henry Mervyn's
sister Elizabeth. (fn. 20)
Bramshott. Argent a fesse and a canton gules with a crescent argent on the canton.
From that time Terwick manor followed the same
descent as Fyning manor in Rogate. (fn. 21) It was sold with
Fyning in 1757 to John Unwin. (fn. 22) Richard Ridge
purchased the manor in 1776 (fn. 23) and Thomas Ridge
held it in 1815 and 1834. (fn. 24) In 1875 the parish was
owned jointly by Thomas Ridge and Reginald Henry
Nevill. (fn. 25) At the present day the principal landowners
are Walter Quennell and Thomas Hodge.
CHURCH
The church of ST. PETER
(fn. 26) stands
by itself south of the Midhurst-Rogate
road; it consists of a chancel and nave, both
originally 12th-century, if not 11th, and a modern
annexe to the west, consisting of a porch flanked by a
vestry and a sexton's store. It is built of rubble with
ashlar dressings and roofed with tile.
The chancel has a modern east window of three
lancets under a common rear-arch; in the south wall
is a 13th-century lancet window with a modern or retooled segmental rear-arch. Next is a priest's door
(blocked) with plain jambs and lintel, either a modern
reproduction or old work retooled. The drawing in the
Sharpe collection faintly suggests herring-bone masonry
in this wall, and this is more distinctly marked in
Grimm's. (fn. 27) In the north wall is a modern lancet window under which is a wall locker, or credence. The
chancel arch is semicircular, of one order, resting on
plain imposts and square jambs, and is modern, the
thinness of the wall suggesting that the whole has been
rebuilt. The roof is modern.
Parish Church of St Peter Terwick
In the south wall of the nave are two lancets, the
eastern, which has interior rebates, is 13th-century, but
much restored, the western is modern; between them
is a square-headed window with two cinquefoil-headed
lights and segmental rear-arch, about 15th-century. In
the north wall is a modern lancet and a window of three
cinquefoil-headed lights under a four-centred arch, coeval with the two-light window opposite. In the west
wall is a doorway, either modern or very much restored, with semicircular arch resting on moulded imposts and plain jambs; over this is a round-headed
single-light window with concentric splay, of the 12th
century. There is a stone bell-cote on the west wall.
The roof has a single plain tie-beam and is ceiled with
plaster under the rafters.
The font is tub-shaped, perhaps 12th-century, resting on a later polygonal base. The altar and rails are
perhaps 17th-century, the other fittings are modern.
The two bells are uninscribed. (fn. 28)
The communion plate includes a chalice of 1568 of
rather unusual design, and a paten-cover engraved with
the date 1569; also another silver paten of 1712 on a
tall foot. (fn. 29)
The registers of baptisms begin in 1571, marriages
1576, burials 1589.
West of the church is the plain head of an ancient
churchyard cross and a small yew tree.
ADVOWSON
The advowson of Terwick passed
with the manor until 1757 when it
was sold to John Unwin, (fn. 30) who presented in 1759. (fn. 31) The next presentation was made in
1763 by Ralph Hilditch, (fn. 32) and Richard Smith was
patron in 1795. (fn. 33) Alexander Kilgour, D.D., the incumbent in 1815, acquired the advowson by purchase; (fn. 34)
and in 1816 he resigned and sold the advowson to
Elizabeth Rebecca Sclater. (fn. 35) Cornelius Green presented in 1826 and 1837. (fn. 36) He sold in 1842 to T. A.
Richards, surgeon, who in 1884 sold the advowson to
John Archer, (fn. 37) who was still patron in 1900. From
1915 to 1934 Mrs. Lane was patron, (fn. 38) but the advowson now belongs to the Bishop of Chichester.
The benefice was omitted from the Taxation of
1291 because of its poverty; (fn. 39) in 1340 the great tithes
were only worth 13s. 4d., but the rector had 12 acres
of arable worth 12s. (fn. 40) In 1535 the clear value of the
rectory was only £5 0s. 4d. (fn. 41)
In 1646 the parishes of Rogate and Terwick were
united, as there were only 5 houses in Terwick, and
the combined benefices were worth only £80. (fn. 42) They
were separated again at the Restoration, but since
1946 the vicar of Rogate has been sequestrator of
Terwick.